Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsMercs
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
DOOM (2016)
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Push-forward arena FPS where movement and aim are the whole game.
Mercs
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Arcade run-and-gun testing crowd dodging and spawn memorisation.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mercs leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Mercs
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
DOOM (2016)
Aim, movement, glory-kill timing all peak.
Mercs
Run-and-gun crowd weaving at arcade pace is everything
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Mercs
Soldiers spawn on fixed scripts
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
DOOM (2016)
Minimal encounter randomness.
Mercs
Spawn tables barely vary between credits
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Mercs
Weapon pickups and route memorisation stretch each credit
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.